LiberLAG 2014-presentations
The 17th Seminar of the LIBER Architecture Group, Helsinki
Designing the Future – From Concepts to Library Buildings
May 6.-9.2014
Small Hall, University of Helsinki, Finland
Organized by the LIBER Architecture Group and Helsinki University Library
Programme
Tuesday 6 May
Pre-Conference
8:30 ~ 16:30 Library visits: Viikki Campus Library, Meilahti Campus library, Aalto University Library and the Learning Hub at Otaniemi. Optional.
Wednesday 7 May
9:00 – 11:30
Visit to the Sibelius Academy Library and Helsinki Music Centre, or the Helsinki University Library, Behavioural Sciences Library Minerva or the Library of Parliament
Seminar
Venue: Helsinki University Main Building, Small Hall
Adress: Fabianinkatu 33, 4th Floor.
12:00 – 13:00 Registration
13:00 – 13:30 Opening:
Welcome address, Prof. Jukka Kola, Rector, University of Helsinki,
Ulrich Niederer, Chairman, LIBER Architecture Group
13:30 – 14:30 Keynote Speaker : Innovative interdisciplinary design for learning spaces
Kirsti Lonka, Professor, University of Helsinki
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:15 Session 1 Working spaces / Staff areas
Library / University staff working areas: theory and practice, Anna-Maija Lukkari, Architect, Director of Properties and Facilities, University of Helsinki
Staff working spaces – a challenge for the future, Anette Franzkowiak, Architect, Head of Buildings and Facilities, Technische Informationsbibliothek und Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB/UB)
Trends in designing work/office spaces, Minna Andersson, Marketing Responsibility, Martela
18:00 Rector’s Reception
University Main Building (Unioninkatu 34) Prof. Anna Mauranen, Vice-Rector.
Thursday 8 May
09:00 – 10:30 Session 2 Library concepts to competition winners
Helsinki Central Library Project, Pirjo Lipasti, Project Manager
From Lille 1 University Library to the Innovation Learning Center, Julian Roche, Head Librarian, University Library of Lille 1
Vienna Learning Resource Center, Cornelius Schlotthauer, Zaha Hadid Architects
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 3 Concept to reality – what happens in between
BULAC Library two years after opening, Marie-Lise Tsagouria, Director, BULAC Library
Planning the City Library Stuttgart since 1997: Todays intellectual and cultural heart of the new European Quarter near the main station, Christine Brunner, Director, City Library Stuttgart
National Library of Latvia, Riga (Sleeping Beauty) Andris Vilks, Director
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (University Main Building, 2nd Floor)
14:00 – 16:00 Session 4 Dialogue with architects
Tallinn University of Technology Library, Mattias Agabus, Architect 11
Dialogue in the process of building a new library – recent projects from Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. Elif Tinaztepe, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Helsinki University Main Library, Kaisa House, Vesa Oiva, Anttinen Oiva Architects
16:00 – 17:30 Visit Kaisa House (Fabianinkatu 30)
16.20 Group photo (Main entrance floor of the Kaisa House)
19:30 Conference Dinner at the Restaurant Sipuli (Kanavaranta 7)
Friday 9 May
09:00 – 10:30 Session 5 Technical aspects
Two new library buildings for Bern University Library: vonRoll on a former industrial site, and the new Central Library in its own historic building, Christian Lüthi, Head of Resources, Bern University Library
The new building of the National Archives of France (Paris/Pierrefitte-sur Seine: Technical concerns and solutions), Jean-Luc Bichet, architect
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Session 6 Changing roles, changing spaces
The living campus and use of personas at Delft, Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director, TU Delft Library
From Delft to the Library at Birmingham, Francine Houben, Mecanoo Architects
The Hive at the University of Worchester, Anne Hannaford, Director of Information & Learning Services
13:00 – 13:30 Conclusion, Ulrich Niederer, LIBER Architecture Group